Chet Carbonale

Chet "Lucky" Carbonale (1922-1968) was a New Orleans Democratic city councilman during the 1960s. An associate of the Marcano crime family, he was killed in a mob-related murder in 1968.

Biography
Chet Carbonale was originally from Chicago, Illinois, where he was born in 1922 to an Italian immigrant family. He became involved with the Marcano crime family, whose boss Sal Marcano brought him with him to New Orleans and ingratiated him with the New Orleans political machine. In 1956, he took part in the murder of Joe Barbaro on the orders of The Commission. Carbonale was later successfully elected as a city councilmember, and he was known to frequent card games, being nicknamed "Lucky" for his playing skills.

Death
In 1968, the late Barbaro's close friend Vito Scaletta hired Lincoln Clay to track down Barbaro's murderers, so Clay started with Carbonale. He interrogated his crony Stan Caramanci and discovered that Carbonale would be playing cards at Best Oil in Frisco Fields, and Clay drove over to the gas station. There, he killed all of the Marcano enforcers before entering the gas station from the rear, shooting Carbonale dead and stealing a satchel of $125 in cash. At Carbonale's funeral, Clay would identify further targets that Scaletta wanted dead.